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THOMAS ANTHONY CARTER
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
May 28, 1944 – November 14, 1967
Service recordThomas Anthony Carter, of Ft Lauderdale, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 14, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 96
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Hmh/M/L/A Uh-1n Qualified (I) (7563)
- Born
- May 28, 1944
- Home of record
- Ft Lauderdale, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1967; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 96
- RICHARD DUANE KLUGPrivate First Class · November 14, 1967
- JONATHAN PETER KMETYKLance Corporal · November 14, 1967
- RICHARD KROLIKOWSKICorporal · November 14, 1967
- FRANK A MURRIETTAWarrant Officer 1 · November 14, 1967
From Ft Lauderdale
- EARL LEE CROMWELLPrivate · December 24, 1965
- JAMES ROBERT TAYLORPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- JOHN H MINCEYPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- JAMES RAYMOND SCOTTSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- HENRY BENTONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- EARL KENNETH TYNESSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- RICHARD JAMES CURRIER JRCorporal · July 24, 1966
- ARTHUR HARRY FIKEStaff Sergeant · August 19, 1966
- BRUCE ALLAN TIMMONSPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
- FREDERICK MONOTT BONANNOSpecialist Five · January 29, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.